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Proto-Turkic/Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
The four elements in Proto-Turkic
water - *subhttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sub
earth - *toprakReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/toprak 2025-07-02 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/toprak&oldid=85444257 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
fire - *ōthttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/%C5%8Dt
wind - *yẹlReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yẹl 2025-07-22 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/y%E1%BA%B9l&oldid=85684502 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
The words are short for the peoples who lead a nomadic life in the steppes of East Asia. Due to this lifestyle and various factors, people have formed words with one or two syllable roots. Long words are only provided with suffixes.
Foods in Proto-Turkic
wheat - *bodagayhttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/bu%C4%9Fda#Azerbaijani
barley - *arpahttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/arpa
millet - *tạrïghttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/t%E1%BA%A1r%C3%AF-g
egg - *yumurtkahttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yumurtka
salt - *tūŕReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tūŕ 2025-06-22 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/t%C5%AB%C5%95&oldid=85273789 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
onion - *sōgunRobbeets Martine 2017 Transeurasian core structures in Turkic https://doi.org/10.13173/tl/2017/1/3 Turkic Languages 21 1 3–35 10.13173/tl/2017/1/3 1431-4983
hen - *takïguReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/takïgu 2025-03-29 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tak%C3%AFgu&oldid=84408899 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
meat - *etReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/et 2025-07-02 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/et&oldid=85439689 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
milk - *sǖtReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sǖt 2025-01-12 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/s%C7%96t&oldid=83581365 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
honey - *bạlReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bal 2025-04-28 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bal&oldid=84666021 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
butter - *yāgReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yāg 2025-08-04 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/y%C4%81g&oldid=85803542 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
cherry - *yidge (complicated)https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%83#Ottoman_Turkish
strawberry - *yidgelek (complicated)
bird cherry - *yïmurt
fruit, vegetable - *yẹ̄miĺčReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yẹ̄miĺč 2025-07-12 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/y%E1%BA%B9%CC%84mi%C4%BA%C4%8D&oldid=85519582 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
In today's Turkic languages, an old Common-Turkic word *čiye and Proto-Turkic *yidgelek are blended. Therefore, there is confusion in inheritances.
Animals in Proto-Turkic
horse - *athttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/at
foal - *kulum
cow - *ingek
calf - *buŕaguhttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bu%C5%95agu
dog - *ïtReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ï̄t 2025-06-27 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/%C3%AF%CC%84t&oldid=85394697 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
wolf - *bȫrüReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bȫrü 2025-06-08 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/b%C8%ABr%C3%BC&oldid=85078131 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
fox - *tilküReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tilkü 2025-05-25 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/tilk%C3%BC&oldid=84928134 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
ox - *öküŕhttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/%C3%B6k%C3%BC%C5%95
bull - *bukahttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/buka
worm - *kūrtReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kūrt 2025-06-09 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/k%C5%ABrt&oldid=85080214 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
bird - *kušReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/kuš 2025-05-19 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ku%C5%A1&oldid=84870779 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en (Proto-Common Turkic)
small bird - *torgayReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/torgay 2025-06-12 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/torgay&oldid=85102997 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
hawk, falcon - *kïrguy
aquila fulva, eagle - *bürkütReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bürküt 2025-02-19 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/b%C3%BCrk%C3%BCt&oldid=83973420 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
fish - *bālïkReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bālïk 2025-02-19 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/b%C4%81l%C3%AFk&oldid=83972877 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
sheatfish - *yāyïnReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yāyïn 2025-05-01 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/y%C4%81y%C3%AFn&oldid=84690584 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
carp - *sāŕganReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sāŕgan 2025-04-30 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/s%C4%81%C5%95gan&oldid=84686690 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
lion - *arsïlanhttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/aslan
snake - *yï̄lanReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yï̄lan 2025-04-30 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/y%C3%AF%CC%84lan&oldid=84684232 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
mosquito - *siŋekhttps://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/si%C5%8Bek
wasp, bee - *ārïReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/ārï 2025-05-19 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/%C4%81r%C3%AF&oldid=84870751 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
beetle - *koŋuŕ
insect - *bȫgReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bȫg 2025-04-03 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/b%C8%ABg&oldid=84448755 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
elk - *bulanReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bulan 2025-02-19 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bulan&oldid=83973111 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
he-goat - *tekeReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/teke 2025-07-23 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/teke&oldid=85695627 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
sheep - *sarïkReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sarïk 2025-05-04 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/sar%C3%AFk&oldid=84723909 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
donkey - *eĺčgekReconstruction:Proto-Turkic/eĺčgek 2024-12-15 https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/e%C4%BA%C4%8Dgek&oldid=83051338 Wiktionary, the free dictionary 2025-08-06 en
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Animals have a very wide range in this language. It's not strange at all, considering the years it was spoken.
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